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| Chat - Friday, December 23rd, 2011.; Only 2 more days until Christmas! | |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Dec 23 2011, 09:44 AM Post #16 |
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Reindeers! and Yum
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Dec 23 2011, 09:53 AM Post #17 |
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Anacapa, last night ~~~~
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| circlescribe | Dec 23 2011, 10:52 AM Post #18 |
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Topa!! I can't believe you posted that Horse and Gnome picture! I've been searching Gnome art for the past couple of hours trying to find an image we had on a Christmas card a few years ago that I didn't even know the artist of, and I found that exact image you posted in my search! It might even be one of the same artist's, I don't know. Talk about synchronicity! (When I rechecked yours might be Jan Bergerlind's art) Turns out Lennart Helje is a famous and collectible Swedish artist who's done countless enchanting images of Gnomes in "their world" and was the artist of our Christmas card. What I was searching for was this great image of a Gnome and Elk by Swedish artist Lennart Helje. We had it as our Christmas cards several years ago but didn't have access to one of ours to post (still in boxes) so I searched and foud a Treasure Trove of Gnome images that I got lost in perusing and that included that one you posted! This is the Elk and Gnome (with the Plough overhead) by Lennart Helje that was our Christmas card years ago and that I was looking for online. Amazing what the internet can do! ![]() I also found these other wonderful images from his works. ![]()
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| Naturegal | Dec 23 2011, 11:18 AM Post #19 |
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I just received my IWS pocket calendars and they are beautiful
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| Artsy Mom | Dec 23 2011, 11:50 AM Post #20 |
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The Gnome art is really interesting Kris ![]() They remind me of the Icelandic Yuletide Lads who were descended from trolls and were very mischeivious. ![]() An Icelandic artist friend of mine makes batik cards with each of these characters ![]() Karen JohannsenThe Yuletide Lads have mellowed but still tend to pilfer and play tricks. The number of Yuletide Lads varied in olden times from one region of Iceland to another. Today they are assumed to be thirteen and come to town one by one. Stekkjastaur (Sheepfold Stick) comes December 12. He would try to drink milk from the farmers' ewes. Giljagaur (Gully Oaf) comes December 13. Before the days of milking machines, he would sneak into the cowshed and skim the froth off the pails of milk. Stúfur (Shorty) comes December 14. He, as his name implies, is on the small side. He was also known as Pönnuskefill (pan-scraper), as he scraped scraps of food off the pans. Þvörusleikir (Spoon-licker) comes December 15. He would steal the wooden spoon that had been used for stirring food. When he visits the National Museum, he goes looking for wooden spoons. Pottasleikir (Pot-licker) comes December 16. He tries to snatch pots that have not been washed, and licks the scraps from them. Askasleikir (Bowl-licker) comes December 17. He hides under beds, and if someone puts a wooden food bowl on the floor, he grabs it and licks it clean. Hurðaskellir (Door-slammer) comes December 18. He is an awfully noisy fellow, who is always slamming doors and keeping people awake. Skyrgámur (Curd Glutton) comes December 19. He loves skyr (milk curd) so much that he sneaks into the pantry and gobbles up all the skyr from the tub there. Bjúgnakrækir (Sausage Pilferer) comes December 20. He loves sausages of all kinds, and steals them whenever he can. Gluggagægir (Peeper) comes December 21. He is not as greedy as some of his brothers, but is awfully nosy as he peeps through windows and even steals toys he likes the look of. Gáttaþefur (Sniffer) comes December 22. He has a big nose, and loves the smell of biscuits being baked for Christmas. He often tries to snatch a biscuit or two for himself. December 22 was sometimes called “hlakkandi” (looking forward), because the children had started to look forward to Christmas. Ketkrókur (Meat Hook) comes on Þorláksmessa (St. Þorlákur's Day), December 23. He adores all meat. In the olden days he would lower a hook down the kitchen chimney and pull up a leg of lamb hanging from a rafter, or a bit of smoked lamb from a pot, as smoked lamb was traditionally cooked on St. Þorlákur's Day. Kertasníkir (Candle Beggar) comes on Christmas Eve, December 24. In olden times, candlelight was the brightest light available. Candles were so rare and precious that it was a treat for children to be given a candle at Christmas. And poor Candle Beggar wanted one too. You can find links related to Christmas and the Yuletide Lads Here. |
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| circlescribe | Dec 23 2011, 12:18 PM Post #21 |
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Penny, very interesting about the Yuletide Lads. Having 50% Swedish genes the culture has always been a part of my life but I also felt that my Swedish relatives were much harsher in spirit than I felt I was, no doubt due to their pre-immigration hardships and meager lifestyles in Sweden. The mythologies are comparatively "rough around the edges", as the Yuletide Lads tales seem to be. No doubt due to the harsh living conditions and the need to be tough to survive there. My Swedish Grandmother, Farmor, was a real "Battle Axe", as my mother called her, and as a child hurt my feelings on a regular basis with her no nonsense approach to life and disregard for my sensitivities. I still feel nostalgia for the Christmas traditions they carried on though, and for some of the yummy things like her Swedish Pancakes and Kol Doma. (soy based version now though). Here's a link to some more amazing Gnome art I found while looking for the Elk Gnome Christmas card I posted. It's a long scroll to the Helje art with many wonderful ones inbetween, (except for the stupid cartoony ones in the middle )
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| Artsy Mom | Dec 23 2011, 01:20 PM Post #22 |
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Kris. I had to go and take a look at those cards. Thanks for the link ![]() Santa Gnome with a special friend. ![]() Jan Bergerlind card from Sweden |
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| jillers | Dec 23 2011, 02:39 PM Post #23 |
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Many of us have a memory of college and the world around us much different form this interesting video clip. It’s a small sample of the entitlement mentality at one southern college as revealed by an Economics professor. These students will vote in the upcoming election. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxHfYNTrnic&feature=youtu.be |
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| Topa Topa Hikers | Dec 23 2011, 03:23 PM Post #24 |
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You may find this entertaining: snagged Since the Christmas holidays are fast approaching, and you may be attending festivities where alcohol might be served, I would like to share an experience with you about drinking and driving. As you well know, some of us have been known to have had brushes with the authorities on our way home from the odd social session's over the years. A couple of nights ago, I was out for a few drinks with some friends and had a few too many beers and some rather nice cognac. Knowing full well I may have been slightly over the limit, I did something I've never done before - I took a bus home. I arrived back safely and without incident,which was a real surprise since I had never driven a bus before and am not sure where I got this one. |
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| Naturegal | Dec 23 2011, 03:56 PM Post #25 |
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These students sound like a bunch of spoiled brats
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| cdn-cdn | Dec 23 2011, 06:37 PM Post #26 |
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Hi everybody. Just sitting down here with a wine cooler, looking at the Christmas tree after a busy day. I've read all your posts, just too tired to comment much about anything. I think these are elves and not gnomes but then again, maybe not. They are from Christmas card art and I don't know the name of the artist. I've been posting them for a few years now and forget where I found them at the beginning.
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| Artsy Mom | Dec 23 2011, 08:04 PM Post #27 |
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Lily the Black Bear - Update Dec 23, 2011 Honey, Lucky, BC Bears ![]() Lucky extends his tongue to Honey Will Honey and Lucky reconcile? Today, the Lucky and Honey Den Cam gave a lesson in bear relations and vocalizations. A Lily fan sent the picture of Lucky licking Honey in a gesture of good will. Honey had come over to see Lucky but was filled with high tension. Every move from Lucky brought blowing and clacking from Honey. Lucky extended his tongue at least twice showing his willingness to be friends. Finally, Honey went back to her own side of the den and did some huffing, which meant she was getting over her fear and calming down. Lucky yawned a lot, which might have meant he was trying to dissipate tension. We know we would feel tension if a nervous bear was standing over us that tense. But it was an interesting gesture for Honey to come over for a visit. Will they ever snuggle together like they did 3 years ago? They have about 3 months to sort things out. It seems we touched some raw nerves with our mention of Allen Piche and the bears he had been feeding in BC. Lily fans have sent us lots of information and accused us of many motives in mentioning him. Still missing the point. We’re not advocating feeding or not feeding. We’re not supporting or condemning Allen Piche. Our only interest is in the bears, their behavior, and the assumption that the bears killed at Christina Lake were his bears. We don’t care why he was feeding them, whether it was him or his wife that fed them, whether he is a good man or not, or what arrangements he made and didn’t keep with the government to stop feeding. The bears didn’t know any of that. We only are interested in how the bears were affected and what they did. The more we can learn about that the better. To us, it’s all about the bears and not about things that make no difference to them. The big underlying fact in all this is that this year was the worst food year for bears in BC that BC bear experts have ever seen. That means bears showing up in unusual numbers in populated areas like Christina Lake. To us, the question was whether they were Allen’s bears or other bears. The authorities assumed (or wondered if) the bears coming into Christina Lake were Allen’s bears. We thought it interesting that Allen has photographic proof that accounts for 20 of his 24 bears after the 18 shootings in Christina Lake. Some suggested he was lying about that to avoid a charge of creating the nuisance bears in Christina Lake. But in a year of very bad food, an increase in bears in a place like Christina Lake would be likely. In our experience, food placed elsewhere, as at Allen Piche’s could reduce the number of bears in another place, like Christina Lake. We want to know more. Some wondered why we didn’t mention this earlier. Actually, we only learned about it from emails from Allen Piche starting a few days before we put it in an update. We hadn’t yet made the connection that he was the man involved in the marijuana bust, but that wouldn’t have made a difference to us. We are only interested in the bears and what they did. Some suggested that the bears should have been weaned away from Allen’s place and a fence put up to keep the bears out in the future so as to transition them back to the wilderness. We don’t think those actions would be important. Fed bears don’t forget how to forage for wild foods. Yes, they’ll spend more time at a feeding site like Allen’s in a year of bad food like this year, but that’s only because there is little to eat in the woods. From everything we’ve seen, they prefer a variety of wild foods to dog food and other things people feed bears. The amount of time bears spend at garbage dumps, residential feeding sites, and hitting bird feeders and garbage cans is directly related to scarcity of wild foods. We’ll continue to follow this ourselves to see how things turn out for the bears. We want to learn. We also want to avoid the firestorms of this touchy subject. We’d rather work on writing scientific articles than deal with accusations that are furthest from our minds. Thank you for all you do. —Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center |
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| Artsy Mom | Dec 23 2011, 08:24 PM Post #28 |
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Santa showed up at the Reindeer cam and he brought a deer with him ![]() ' ![]() The lights seem to be on all the time...hope those animals get a chance to sleep
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(When I rechecked yours might be Jan Bergerlind's art) Turns out Lennart Helje is a famous and collectible Swedish artist who's done countless enchanting images of Gnomes in "their world" and was the artist of our Christmas card.





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